Inchrusted

The Pries family had a good weekend.  Amidst the busyness with paper grading, and church meetings, we had some time for RnR.  The warm weather meant the boys got to be outside a bunch, and spent several hours shooting hoops in the driveway.  Swimming lessons began, and we had great fun tonight playing games and doing a little High School Musical karaoke on the Wii.

Of note this weekend was Owen doing his homework which included reading a non-fiction piece about the way police and firemen and women do their work.  One question after the reading asked what he would rather be.  He wrote, "Police.  Because I am inchrusted."  Fonix werx!  What made this even more fun was when I asked him what he really wanted to be when he grew up.  He said, "I want to be a dad."  Ah, yes.  A proud moment for me, right?  When I asked him why, he said, "Because it's easy."  HA!  I explained that being a dad was harder than being a teacher, and he couldn't believe it.  So when I asked what he would want to do for a job, he actually said, "A teacher and a coach . . . and a football player."  This from the boy who, this fall said he wanted to be a basketball player and a runner.  Who knows?  When he was two he would say, "Probly be a pastor."

By the way, for those of you thinking about the gender role balance, I asked if being a mom was easy, and he said yes.  Whew!  Here I thought it was just a dad thing.

Oh . . . and track practice starts tomorrow . . . in case you were inchrusted.